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ACS (American Chemical Society)
ACS is the standard style used for Chemistry.
Learning Commons:Chapman Learning Commons/APA
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
- ASCE Standards Writing Manual (PDF)
- ASCE Citation Style Guide (by the University of Canterbury)
Biology 140
- UBC First Year Biology Website (See “Referencing in BIOL 140” in the “Resources” tab)
Learning Commons:Chapman Learning Commons/Chicago Style
CSE (Council of Science Editors)
HARVARD
A parenthetical style used most commonly in the UK and Australia.
IEEE Style (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
IEEE Style is used primarily in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Legal
Used primarily in Law
Learning Commons:Chapman Learning Commons/MLA
ICMJE Recommendations / Vancouver Style / Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts (URMs)
Commonly used in medical and scientific journals. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors has revised and renamed this style (Dec. 2018).
- Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (ICMJE Recommendations)
- Vancouver Style Guide - Michener Institute of Education at UHN
- Vancouver Referencing (Curtain University Library)
- Citing Medicine: NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (National Library of Medicine)
- BCIT (Vancouver Style Guide)